Expertise
- Ecology
- Animal behaviour
- Migration
- Shorebirds
- Population dynamics
Interests
Research interests
I am a PhD student at Royal NIOZ Netherlands Institute for Sea Research & University of Groningen, under the supervision of Theunis Piersma and Jan van Gils. My office is at the NIOZ, Texel, The Netherlands, but my prime area of interest for my PhD are the intertidal mudflats of Barr Al Hikman in the Sultanate of Oman. We have been visiting this relatively pristine mudflat area since 2008, and returned every year. First as a group of adventurous volunteers, but since 2011 under the umbrella of the NIOZ.
Functions
Functions
Publications
Key-publications
Please find my complete list of NIOZ-publications at the bottom of this webpage. You can download all my publications on ResearchGate.
Education
Professional education
Awards
Awards and Prized
Other
Bar-tailed godwits
Linked news
Wednesday 09 March 2016
Bar-tailed Godwits in the Middle East can be followed via internet
In November 2015 a group of NIOZ researchers travelled to the Middle East. Together with biologists from the Sultan Qaboos University, they attached radio transmitters on ten female Bar-tailed Godwits in the intertidal area Barr Al Hikman in the…
NIOZ publications
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2018
Bom, R.A.; de Fouw, J; Klaassen, R.H.G.; Piersma, T.; Lavaleye, M.S.S.; Ens, B.J.; Oudman, T.; van Gils, J.A. (2018). Food web consequences of an evolutionary arms race: Molluscs subject to crab predation on intertidal mudflats in Oman are unavailable to shorebirds. J. Biogeogr. 45(2): 342-354. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13123Bom, R.A.; van Gils, J.A.; Oosterbeek, K.; Deuzeman, S.; de Fouw, J; Kwarteng, A.Y.; Kentie, R. (2018). Demography of a stable population of crab plovers wintering in Oman. J. Ornithol. 159(2): 517-525. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-018-1529-0Gommer, R.; Bom, R.A.; Fijen, T.P.M.; van Gils, J.A. (2018). Stomach fullness shapes prey choice decisions in crab plovers (Dromas ardeola). PLoS One 13(4): e0194824. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194824
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2016
de Fouw, J; Bom, R.A.; Klaassen, R.H.G.; Müskens, G.J. D. M.; de Vries, P.P.; Popov, I.Y.; Kokorev, Y.I.; Ebbinge, B.S.; Nolet, B.A. (2016). Breeding in a den of thieves: pros and cons of nesting close to egg predators. Ecosphere 7(6): e01353. dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1353
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2014
Bom, R.A.; Abma, J.F.; Pieters, A.L. (2014). Doortrek van Bokjes in Laag Holland. Limosa (Amst.) 86: 209-216Bom, R.A.; Bouten, W.; Piersma, T.; Oosterbeek, K.; van Gils, J.A. (2014). Optimizing acceleration-based ethograms: the use of variable-time versus fixed-time segmentation. Movement Ecology 2(6): 1-8. hdl.handle.net/10.1186/2051-3933-2-6Ens, B.J.; Bom, R.A.; Dokter, A.M.; Oosterbeek, K.; Jong, J.D.; Bouten, W. (2014). Nieuwe ontdekkingen en mogelijkheden in het onderzoek aan Scholeksters dankzij het UvA Bird Tracking Systeem. Limosa (Amst.) 87: 117-128
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2012
Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Bom, R.; van Loon, E.E.; Ens, B.J.; Oosterbeek, K.; Bouten, W. (2012). From Sensor Data to Animal Behaviour: An Oystercatcher Example. PLoS One 7(5): e37997. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037997
Linked projects
NWO-ALW Cascading predator-prey effects in a pristine seagrass-based food web
Supervisor
Jan van Gils
Funder
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
Project duration
1 Oct 2010 - 30 Sep 2017
